LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) — A local ministry is calling on the community to help feed families in need this holiday season.
Com_Unity Ministries has partnered once again with Rigali’s Pizza Village to hold a Christmas food drive for Lima residents. The group is collecting nonperishable food items and monetary donations to help provide food boxes for local families. Com_Unity Ministries regularly holds praise and prayer gatherings focused on bringing unity to the community. Organizers say this Christmas food drive is another way to support and uplift one another.
“How can we be better united without being able to help one another feed each other, especially those who are in great need during the Christmas season or all year round. I mean, with the situation that's happening within our country and all the SNAP benefits being cut or turned down, et cetera, there are going to be more and more people who are in need of ways to feed their family,” said Mary Blanche Hengstler of Com_Unity Ministries.
Food donations can be dropped off at Rigali’s Pizza Village through Friday, Dec. 12. Those wishing to contribute financially are asked to call the 419-236-1484.
Food box distribution will take place Monday, Dec. 15, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rigali’s, or until supplies run out. Participants must be 18 or older, and there is a limit of one box per family.
